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Infrastructure was supposed to be one of the few areas with some potential for bipartisan action before the 2020 election. So much for that. Any potential now appears to be all but extinguished after...

When the incoming Obama administration was looking to put together a stimulus package during the financial crisis a decade ago, the optimal size of the proposal was the subject of considerable debate...

The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday updated its 10-year budget outlook, making only small changes to its previous forecast. The nonpartisan budget scorekeeper now projects: The federal budget...

Just how worried should we be about the rapidly rising national debt? Last week we told you about a budget watchdog group’s effort to raise the alarm over “debt denialism” that has taken hold in some...

The Treasury Department forecasts that the federal budget deficit will surpass $1 trillion this year, adding to a $22 trillion national debt. Policymakers have been relatively unperturbed by the debt...

The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center held a symposium Wednesday to discuss the new book titled “Fiscal Therapy: Curing America's Debt Addiction and Investing in the Future” by the Tax Policy Center’...

Global debt grew by “only” $3.3 trillion last year, raising the total to more than $243 trillion, according to a report released this week by the Institute of International Finance. Total U.S. debt,...

With the federal budget deficit expected to rise to nearly $900 billion this year before crossing the $1 trillion mark in 2022, lawmakers and policy wonks have been looking for ways to generate more...

This week the Senate Budget Committee will consider a budget plan that will reduce deficits by half a trillion dollars over the next five years. The budget does not presume to solve all of our fiscal...

A Pew Research Center report published Thursday shows how staggeringly pessimistic Americans are about where the country is heading. “When Americans peer 30 years into the future, they see a country...